Our Fic Means Death, or Why You Shouldn't Allow Your Captain to Read

Ed teaches himself to read using Lucius's fanfiction. He quickly becomes obsessed with this "Gentleman Pirate" and longs to see if the real thing is as fascinating at the fictional. Meanwhile, Stede discovers that he is shipped with the dread pirate Blackbeard. The stories Izzy writes disturb his delicate sensibilities, and he soon resolves to avoid Blackbeard at all costs.